Re: [PATCH v2] USB: serial: cp210x: Fix GPIO in autosuspend
From: Johan Hovold
Date: Wed Mar 20 2019 - 05:11:54 EST
On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 05:19:24PM +0000, Karoly Pados wrote:
> >> On Di, 2019-03-19 at 11:36 +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > This patch just added the missing auto-resume handling, but, yeah,
> > there may be devices out there for which things may get out of sync if
> > they lose state over suspend. I think Karoly confirmed this wasn't the
> > case with cp210x.
>
> The way I tested this is very simple: I just toggled an output pin. If
> the device would lose its state during suspend, then the pin state
> would return to its factory default as soon the it went into suspend.
> Since the LED stayed stable over suspend (I connected an LED), it
> seems these devices don't lose state. I did not, however, test all
> device state in detail to see if every setting remained. I cannot
> vouch for whether *all* state is retained.
I think your test should be sufficient.
Thanks,
Johan